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HEALHeuristic and Evolutionary
Algorithms Laboratory
Algorithm and Experiment Design with HeuristicLab
An Open Source Optimization Environment for Research and Education
S. Wagner Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
School of Informatics/Communications/Media, Campus Hagenberg University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
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Instructor Biography
• Stefan Wagner – MSc in computer science (2004)
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria – PhD in technical sciences (2009)
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria – Associate professor (2005 – 2009)
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria – Full professor for complex software systems (since 2009)
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria – Co-founder of the HEAL research group – Project manager and chief architect of HeuristicLab – http://heal.heuristiclab.com/team/wagner
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Agenda
• Objectives of the Tutorial • Introduction • Where to get HeuristicLab? • Plugin Infrastructure • Graphical User Interface • Available Algorithms & Problems
• Demonstration Part: Working with HeuristicLab
• Some Additional Features • Planned Features • Team • Suggested Readings • Bibliography • Questions & Answers
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Objectives of the Tutorial
• Introduce general motivation and design principles of HeuristicLab
• Show where to get HeuristicLab
• Explain basic GUI usability concepts
• Demonstrate basic features
• Demonstrate editing and analysis of optimization experiments
• Demonstrate custom algorithms and graphical algorithm designer
• Outline some additional features
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Introduction
• Motivation and Goals – graphical user interface – paradigm independence – multiple algorithms and problems – large scale experiments and analyses – parallelization – extensibility, flexibility and reusability – visual and interactive algorithm development – multiple layers of abstraction
• Facts – development of HeuristicLab started in 2002 – based on Microsoft .NET and C# – used in research and education – second place at the Microsoft Innovation Award 2009 – open source (GNU General Public License) – version 3.3.0 released on May 18th, 2010 – latest version 3.3.6 released on January 3rd, 2012
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Where to get HeuristicLab?
• Download binaries – deployed as ZIP archives – latest stable version 3.3.6
• released on January 3rd, 2012
– daily trunk builds – http://dev.heuristiclab.com/download
• Check out sources – SVN repository – HeuristicLab 3.3.6 tag
• http://dev.heuristiclab.com/svn/hl/core/tags/3.3.6
– current development trunk • http://dev.heuristiclab.com/svn/hl/core/trunk
• License – GNU General Public License (Version 3)
• System requirements – Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Full Version – enough RAM and CPU power ;-)
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Plugin Infrastructure
• HeuristicLab consists of many assemblies – 94 plugins in HeuristicLab 3.3.6 – plugins can be loaded or unloaded at runtime – plugins can be updated via internet – application plugins provide GUI frontends
• Extensibility – developing and deploying new plugins is easy – dependencies are explicitly defined,
automatically checked and resolved – automatic discovery of interface
implementations (service locator pattern)
• Plugin Manager – GUI to check, install, update or delete plugins
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Graphical User Interface
• HeuristicLab GUI is made up of views – views are visual representations of content objects
– views are composed in the same way as their content
– views and content objects are loosely coupled
– multiple different views may exist for the same content
• Drag & Drop – views support drag & drop operations
– content objects can be copied or moved (shift key)
– enabled for collection items and content objects
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Graphical User Interface
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Algorithm View
Problem View
Parameter Collection View
Parameter View
Double Value View
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Graphical User Interface
• ViewHost – control which hosts views – right-click on windows icon to switch views – double-click on windows icon to open another view – drag & drop windows icon to copy contents
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Available Algorithms & Problems
Algorithms • Evolution Strategy • Genetic Algorithm • Genetic Programming • Island Genetic Algorithm • Island Offspring Selection Genetic Algorithm • Local Search • NSGA-II • Offspring Selection Genetic Algorithm • Particle Swarm Optimization • Robust Taboo Search • SASEGASA • Simulated Annealing • Tabu Search • User-defined Algorithm • Variable Neighborhood Search • Performance Benchmarks • Cross Validation • k-Means • Linear Discriminant Analysis • Linear Regression • Multinomial Logit Classification • Nearest Neighbor Regression and Classification • Neural Network Regression and Classification • Random Forest Regression and Classification • Support Vector Regression and Classification
Problems • Artificial Ant • Classification • Clustering • External Evaluation Problem • Knapsack • OneMax • Quadratic Assignment • Regression • Single-Objective Test Function • Symbolic Classification • Symbolic Regression • Traveling Salesman • User-defined Problem • Vehicle Routing
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Agenda
• Objectives of the Tutorial • Introduction • Where to get HeuristicLab? • Plugin Infrastructure • Graphical User Interface • Available Algorithms & Problems
• Demonstration Part: Working with HeuristicLab
• Some Additional Features • Planned Features • Team • Suggested Readings • Bibliography • Questions & Answers
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Demonstration Part: Working with HeuristicLab
• Create, Parameterize and Execute Algorithms
• Save and Load Items
• Create Batch Runs and Experiments
• Multi-core CPUs and Parallelization
• Analyze Runs
• Analyzers
• Building User-Defined Algorithms
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HeuristicLab Optimizer
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double-click to open sample algorithms and problems
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Create Algorithm
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Create or Load Problem
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Import or Parameterize Problem Data
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Parameterize Algorithm
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Start, Pause, Resume, Stop and Reset
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Inspect Results
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Compare Runs
• A run is created each time when the algorithm is stopped – runs contain all results and parameter settings – previous results are not forgotten and can be compared
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Save and Load
• Save to and load from disk – HeuristicLab items (i.e., algorithms, problems, experiments, …)
can be saved to and loaded from a file – algorithms can be paused, saved, loaded and resumed – data format is custom compressed XML – saving and loading files might take several minutes – saving and loading large experiments requires some memory
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Create Batch Runs and Experiments
• Batch runs – execute the same optimizer (e.g. algorithm, batch run, experiment)
several times
• Experiments – execute different optimizers – suitable for large scale algorithm comparison and analysis
• Experiments and batch runs can be nested
• Generated runs can be compared afterwards
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Create Batch Runs and Experiments
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drag & drop here
to add additional
algorithms,
batch runs,
experiments, etc.
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Clipboard
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drag & drop
here to add
algorithms,
problems,
batch runs,
experiments,
etc.
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Clipboard
• Store items – click on the buttons to add or remove items – drag & drop items on the clipboard – use the menu to add a copy of a shown item to the clipboard
• Show items – double-click on an item in the clipboard to show its view
• Save and restore clipboard content
– click on the save button to write the clipboard content to disk – clipboard is automatically restored when HeuristicLab is started the next time
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Start, Pause, Resume, Stop, Reset
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Compare Runs
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Analyze Runs
• HeuristicLab provides interactive views to analyze and compare all runs of a run collection – textual analysis
• RunCollection Tabular View
– graphical analysis • RunCollection BubbleChart • RunCollection BoxPlots
• Filtering is automatically applied to all open run collection views
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RunCollection Tabular View
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RunCollection Tabular View
• Sort columns
– click on column header to sort column – Ctrl-click on column header to sort multiple columns
• Show or hide columns – right-click on table to open dialog to show or hide columns
• Compute statistical values – select multiple numerical values to see count, sum, minimum,
maximum, average and standard deviation
• Select, copy and paste into other applications
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RunCollection BubbleChart
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RunCollection BubbleChart
• Choose values to plot – choose which values to show on the x-axis, the y-axis and as bubble size – possible values are all parameter settings and results
• Add jitter – add jitter to separate overlapping bubbles
• Zoom in and out – click on Zoom and click and drag in the chart area to zoom in – double click on the chart area background or on the circle buttons beside the scroll bars to zoom out
• Color bubbles – click on Select, choose a color and click and drag in the chart area to select and color bubbles – apply coloring automatically by clicking on the axis coloring buttons
• Show runs – double click on a bubble to open its run
• Export image – right-click to open context menu to copy or save image – save image as pixel (BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, TIF) or vector graphics (EMF)
• Show box plots – right-click to open context menu to show box plots view
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RunCollection BoxPlots
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RunCollection BoxPlots
• Choose values to plot – choose which values to show on the x-axis and y-axis – possible values are all parameter settings and results
• Zoom in and out – click on Zoom and click and drag in the chart area to zoom in – double click on the chart area background or on the circle buttons
beside the scroll bars to zoom out
• Show or hide statistical values – click on the lower left button to show or hide statistical values
• Export image – right-click to open context menu to copy or save image – save image as pixel (BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, TIF) or vector graphics (EMF)
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Filter Runs
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Multi-core CPUs and Parallelization
• Parallel execution of optimizers in experiments – optimizers in an experiment are executed sequentially from top to bottom per
default – experiments support parallel execution of their optimizers – select a not yet executed optimizer and start it manually to utilize another
core – execution of one of the next optimizers is started automatically after an
optimizer is finished
• Parallel execution of algorithms – HeuristicLab provides special operators for parallelization – engines decide how to execute parallel operations – sequential engine executes everything sequentially – parallel engine executes parallel operations on multiple cores – Hive engine (under development) executes parallel operations on multiple
computers – all implemented algorithms support parallel solution evaluation
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Parallel Execution of Experiments
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1. start experiment
2. start other optimizers
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Parallel Execution of Algorithms
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Analyzers
• Special operators for analysis purposes – are executed after each iteration – serve as general purpose extension points of algorithms – can be selected and parameterized in the algorithm – perform algorithm-specific and/or problem-specific tasks – some analyzers are quite costly regarding runtime and memory – implementing and adding custom analyzers is easy
• Examples – TSPAlleleFrequencyAnalyzer – TSPPopulationDiversityAnalyzer – SuccessfulOffspringAnalyzer – SymbolicDataAnalysisVariableFrequencyAnalyzer – SymbolicRegressionSingleObjectiveTrainingBestSolutionAnalyzer – …
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Analyzers
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TSPAlleleFrequencyAnalyzer
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TSPPopulationDiversityAnalyzer
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Building User-Defined Algorithms
• Operator graphs – algorithms are represented as operator graphs – operator graphs of user-defined algorithms can be changed – algorithms can be defined in the graphical algorithm designer – use the menu to convert a standard algorithm into a user-defined algorithm
• Operators sidebar – drag & drop operators into an operator graph
• Programmable operators – add programmable operators in order to implement custom logic in an algorithm – no additional development environment needed
• Debug algorithms – use the debug engine to obtain detailed information during algorithm execution
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Building User-Defined Algorithms
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Building User-Defined Algorithms
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Programmable Operators
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Debugging Algorithms
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Agenda
• Objectives of the Tutorial • Introduction • Where to get HeuristicLab? • Plugin Infrastructure • Graphical User Interface • Available Algorithms & Problems
• Demonstration Part: Working with HeuristicLab
• Some Additional Features • Planned Features • Team • Suggested Readings • Bibliography • Questions & Answers
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Some Additional Features
• HeuristicLab Hive – parallel and distributed execution of algorithms
and experiments on many computers in a network
• Optimization Knowledge Base (OKB) – database to store algorithms, problems, parameters and results – open to the public – open for other frameworks – analyze and store characteristics of problem instances and problem classes
• External solution evaluation and simulation-based optimization – interface to couple HeuristicLab with other applications (MatLab,
AnyLogic, …) – supports different protocols (command line parameters, TCP, …)
• Parameter grid tests and meta-optimization – automatically create experiments to test large ranges of parameters – apply heuristic optimization algorithms to find optimal parameter settings for heuristic
optimization algorithms
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Planned Features
• Algorithms & Problems – steady-state genetic algorithm – unified tabu search for vehicle routing – scatter search – …
• Cloud Computing – port HeuristicLab Hive to Windows Azure
• Linux – port HeuristicLab to run on Mono and Linux machines
• Have a look at the HeuristicLab roadmap – http://dev.heuristiclab.com/trac/hl/core/roadmap
• Any other ideas, requests or recommendations? – join our HeuristicLab Google group [email protected] or – write an e-mail to [email protected]
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HEALHeuristic and Evolutionary
Algorithms Laboratory
HeuristicLab Team
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Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL) School of Informatics, Communications and Media University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria Softwarepark 11 A-4232 Hagenberg AUSTRIA WWW: http://heal.heuristiclab.com
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Suggested Readings
• S. Voß, D. Woodruff (Edts.) Optimization Software Class Libraries Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002
• M. Affenzeller, S. Winkler, S. Wagner, A. Beham Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming Modern Concepts and Practical Applications CRC Press, 2009
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Bibliography
• S. Wagner, M. Affenzeller HeuristicLab: A generic and extensible optimization environment Adaptive and Natural Computing Algorithms, pp. 538-541 Springer, 2005
• S. Wagner, S. Winkler, R. Braune, G. Kronberger, A. Beham, M. Affenzeller Benefits of plugin-based heuristic optimization software systems Computer Aided Systems Theory - EUROCAST 2007, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4739, pp. 747-754 Springer, 2007
• S. Wagner, G. Kronberger, A. Beham, S. Winkler, M. Affenzeller Modeling of heuristic optimization algorithms Proceedings of the 20th European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, pp. 106-111 DIPTEM University of Genova, 2008
• S. Wagner, G. Kronberger, A. Beham, S. Winkler, M. Affenzeller Model driven rapid prototyping of heuristic optimization algorithms Computer Aided Systems Theory - EUROCAST 2009, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 5717, pp. 729-736 Springer, 2009
• S. Wagner Heuristic optimization software systems - Modeling of heuristic optimization algorithms in the HeuristicLab software environment Ph.D. thesis, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, 2009.
• S. Wagner, A. Beham, G. Kronberger, M. Kommenda, E. Pitzer, M. Kofler, S. Vonolfen, S. Winkler, V. Dorfer, M. Affenzeller HeuristicLab 3.3: A unified approach to metaheuristic optimization Actas del séptimo congreso español sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB'2010), 2010
• Detailed list of all publications of the HEAL research group: http://research.fh-ooe.at/de/orgunit/detail/356#showpublications
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Questions & Answers
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